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Absolute Law Group ABSOLUTE LAW GROUP is proud to serve clients throughout the State of Florida with physical office locations in Marion County and Lake/Sumter County.

We provide virtual consultation options as well as online notary options for optimal practices. ABSOLUTE LAW GROUP is a boutique law practice serving clients in estate planning, business planning, corporate law, asset protection planning, and general tax planning. Attorney Sarah K. Elyaman proudly calls herself a “Triple Gator,” as she has graduated with her B.S, J.D, and L.L.M in taxation from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. She has also received advanced training in Estates and Trusts by the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Our Mission is to provide the highest quality legal services, focusing on education. We work with individuals, families and businesses to form strong partnerships to effectively represent them and their unique needs and provide them peace of mind once they leave our office.

"We already have a special needs trust." That's a good start. The next question is which kind.A third-party trust holds ...
10/14/2026

"We already have a special needs trust." That's a good start. The next question is which kind.

A third-party trust holds money from parents, grandparents, or others. When the beneficiary dies, what remains goes to whoever the family named.

A first-party trust holds the person's own money, like a settlement or an inheritance paid to them directly. It generally has to repay Medicaid from what remains at their death.

A pooled trust is run by a nonprofit that keeps a separate account for each beneficiary.

Same label, very different outcomes for the rest of the family. The deciding question is usually simple: whose money is going in?

Our new post walks through all three.

https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/not-every-special-needs-trust-is-the-same-trust-the-three-types-florida-families-should-know

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

Most parents want to treat their children equally. For a family raising a child with a disability, an equal share can be...
10/09/2026

Most parents want to treat their children equally. For a family raising a child with a disability, an equal share can be the costliest gift in the plan.

Here's why. Supplemental Security Income has a $2,000 resource limit, and in Florida, SSI generally carries Medicaid with it. An inheritance paid directly to an adult child who receives SSI can push them past that limit and suspend benefits that may be worth more to them than the money.

The opposite approach has its own risks. Leaving everything to a sibling "to take care of" their brother or sister usually creates a moral obligation, not a legal one. The money belongs to the sibling, along with their creditors, their divorce, and their own estate plan.

This month we're writing about what works instead: supplemental needs trusts, ABLE accounts, beneficiary forms that point to the trust, and a plan for who carries it forward.

Read it here: https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/the-estate-plan-that-works-for-most-families-can-quietly-fail-a-child-with-a-disability

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

The call always comes at an inconvenient hour.Within hours of a fall or a stroke, a hospital needs to know who can conse...
09/23/2026

The call always comes at an inconvenient hour.

Within hours of a fall or a stroke, a hospital needs to know who can consent to treatment. Within a day or two, a discharge planner is asking where this person is going next — and whether the family understands what insurance actually covers.

Almost none of that can be assembled in the moment.

What helps is small and boring: one findable file, copies of the authority documents, a one-page medical summary, insurance cards, a short contact list. And an agreed answer to a question most families never discuss until they're standing in a corridor — who is going to be the one at the hospital, making the calls.

One detail worth knowing before a discharge meeting: Medicare coverage for skilled nursing does not depend on the person improving. Skilled care needed to maintain a condition or prevent deterioration can qualify, though families are frequently told otherwise.

Our latest post covers the first 48 hours, and what to put in place before the call comes.

https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/what-your-family-actually-needs-in-the-first-48-hours

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

Here's a scenario that plays out more often than it should.A family has done everything right. The documents exist. They...
09/16/2026

Here's a scenario that plays out more often than it should.

A family has done everything right. The documents exist. They were drafted properly. And they're sitting in a safe deposit box that only the person now in the hospital can open.

That's not preparedness. That's a locked file.

Having the right paperwork is roughly half of being ready. The other half is that it's current, correctly executed, findable, and in the hands of the people who'll be asked to produce it.

Our September checklist post sorts it into four categories — the authority documents that let someone act, the directives that record wishes, the estate documents that govern what comes after, and the practical file nobody thinks to build until they need it.

One item worth checking this week regardless: beneficiary designations on retirement accounts and life insurance. They pass outside the will and override it, and they're the single most commonly out-of-date piece of an otherwise careful plan.

https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/the-caregiver-s-legal-checklist-for-florida-families

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

Happy birthday, Susie! Your hard work and kindness make a difference here every day. We hope your day is a great one!
09/11/2026

Happy birthday, Susie! Your hard work and kindness make a difference here every day. We hope your day is a great one!

A question we hear often: "I pay all of my father's bills. Why won't the bank let me move money in his account?"Because ...
09/09/2026

A question we hear often: "I pay all of my father's bills. Why won't the bank let me move money in his account?"

Because paying someone's bills doesn't create a legal right to their accounts. From the bank's side, an unauthorized withdrawal by a relative and a theft look the same.

There are five places Florida caregivers most often get stopped:

The bank. The doctor's office. Anything that needs a signature. The financial side of a Medicaid application. And selling or managing property.

None of these are obstacles a sympathetic employee can wave away — each has a legal basis behind it. But each also has a document generally used to address it, and most families don't know which one goes with which wall.

One thing worth knowing if you're in the middle of this: Florida law actually gives you some footing with institutions. A third person may not require its own additional or different form of power of attorney for authority the document you presented already grants.

Our new post walks through all five.

https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/five-things-a-family-caregiver-cannot-legally-do-without-documents

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

Happy birthday, Anna! As our Client Relations Manager, you make every client feel taken care of from day one. Thank you ...
09/06/2026

Happy birthday, Anna! As our Client Relations Manager, you make every client feel taken care of from day one. Thank you for all you do for our team and our community. Enjoy your day!

Happy birthday, Kenny! The whole Absolute Law Group team is glad to have you with us. Wishing you a great day and a grea...
09/04/2026

Happy birthday, Kenny! The whole Absolute Law Group team is glad to have you with us. Wishing you a great day and a great year ahead.

You've been managing her medications for two years. You drive her to every appointment. You're the one the neighbor call...
09/02/2026

You've been managing her medications for two years. You drive her to every appointment. You're the one the neighbor calls.

Legally, that may give you no authority at all.

It's one of the hardest things families learn, usually at the worst possible moment. In Florida, the right to act for another adult — to sign, to access an account, to make a medical decision — comes from documents that person signed while they still had capacity. It does not come from being the one who shows up.

The gap goes unnoticed for years, because for years it doesn't matter. Mom can still sign her own name. She can still tell the doctor what she wants. Then there's a stroke, or a fall, or a diagnosis that crosses a line — and the signature everything depended on isn't available anymore.

This month we're writing about what actually creates caregiver authority in Florida: the durable power of attorney, the health care surrogate designation, the HIPAA authorization, and one document most families have never heard of.

The whole thing is easier to arrange while the answer is still yes.

Read it here: https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/you-ve-been-caring-for-your-mother-for-two-years-legally-you-may-have-no-authority-at-all

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL
General information, not legal advice.

Almost nobody plans for long-term care on a calm Tuesday afternoon.Here's how it usually goes instead. A parent falls. H...
08/26/2026

Almost nobody plans for long-term care on a calm Tuesday afternoon.

Here's how it usually goes instead. A parent falls. Hospital stay, then rehab under Medicare. Around day fifteen, someone from the facility mentions coverage is ending and asks how the family plans to pay. The adult children — who have never once discussed this — start searching on their phones in a hallway.

That's crisis planning, and it happens every day. Real options often remain even after care has started.

There are simply fewer of them than there would have been with time.

Three things change when a family plans years ahead instead of days ahead. Florida's five-year lookback stops being an obstacle and starts being irrelevant. More gets preserved. And — the one people never think about — someone actually has the legal authority to act, because the durable power of attorney was reviewed while there was still time to fix what it didn't say.

If you're in the hallway right now, talk to an elder law attorney before making any financial moves. If you're not, this is the good window. Use it.

Blog link: https://www.absolutelawgroup.com/post/crisis-planning-vs-planning-ahead-what-actually-changes-for-florida-families

Absolute Law Group | Estate Planning & Elder Law | Ocala, FL

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Ocala, FL
34474

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